In this chapter, and throughout probably the rest of the story, I will now refer to L as "she". 100% woman, so I thought it would make more sense. The pronoun may change later on if she gets changed back. We'll see.

The week passed without much incident for L, except for the fact that she had to go bra shopping. It was getting hard to just wrap up her chest anymore, and it was starting to get painful, anyway. Of course, she had to go with Watari, which made it... Awkward. It made her feel like she missed a mother figure that she never had, or couldn't remember, at least.

She was a genius, and she barely knew how they worked. It was equally embarrassing when the associate took her into the changing room and measured her. And the fact that she was forced to look in the mirror again.

She supposed that if she was relatively attracted to women - or anyone, for that matter - she was very... Appealing. She had curves in all the right places and her face had softened. She had never wondered what she would look like as the opposite gender, simply because she had been content with herself. Perhaps with a body like this, she could go into the field herself like Naomi had... But then, what had that gotten her?

"Ma'am? Excuse me, ma'am. I have something that should fit you."

"Hnn?"

L looked at the woman holding up a few C cup bras, one black and lacy, another white with black skulls, and the other one was white with a red rose design. She blushed slightly. They all seemed kind of... Intimate. "Er... Thanks." She said, pulling his shirt back on and left, going up to the cash register to check out.

"Perhaps you should have gotten a dress." Raito teased him when she walked into the room with the rest of the team. Her face burned and her eye twitched slightly. "Shut up." She snapped, her voice no longer a pleasant tenor. It was definitely feminine now. Raito took every chance he could to remind her about this. It was like he was mocking her for something that she couldn't control. At least for the moment.

"I see there were more attacks while I was gone. How convenient that must have been for you, Yagami-kun... Or shall I say, Kira-" She began, feeling the immature urge to get back at him. There had been a few suspicious deaths while she was out shopping for herself, but noted that all of them couldn't have been at the hand of Kira.

"Damn it, Ryuuzaki!" Raito said, slamming his hands on the keyboard in front of him, the screen blinking once as it was disturbed. "I'm not Kira, how many times do I have to say it?!"

L looked at him, raising an eyebrow. "As many times as you want... But I'll never believe you." She said coldly.

Raito glared at him. "What do I have to do to prove that I'm not him?"

L hummed, tilting her head. "Hmm... The only way would be... If you were around me all the time, but-"

"Fine." Raito said, a determined look on his face.

"... Fine?" She asked, tilting her head slightly. She had a very bad feeling about this.

"I'll be around you 24/7. I won't leave your side."

L looked around at Soichiro. He seemed shocked, but he didn't protest. He wondered if he would if he had his male body back again. "That... Isn't going to work. We'll have to use the bathroom, shower - in all that time, you could write a name -"

"I meant it when I said I wouldn't leave, L. Even for that."

"Raito!" Soichiro said finally, looking appalled. "You deserve to come home when you want to, and he - er... She..."

L felt her face flush.

"Father, it's not like I'm going to attack L... I would never do that to a friend."

Except when you were trying to cop a feel. L thought to herself, scowling, the memory obviously still very fresh.

"Look, I want to prove I'm innocent... That's all. You'll never prove anything like this. I just want this to be over."

L took a deep breath. He had a good point, but she DID still have that CD... She just needed to hear back from the Director... "If nothing happens, I'm going to turn you in."

"Deal."

L went to her closet, pulling off her shirt, feeling her hair standing up on the back of her neck. Raito was watching. She sighed, quickly pulling a clean shirt on. "I know how to defend myself, as you've seen. If you so much as touch me, I will send you to jail for attempted rape."

Raito smirked. "You don't need to be afraid-"

"I fear no one. Just remember who you're dealing with in the next month and I won't need to take such actions."

"L... What if you want it?" He asked slowly, sitting up when L turned around, looking like she might strike the teen. "Wait. I've been with women before, and I know some... Things. You could have urges, and I can help. I know what I'm doing."

L pressed her lips together, walking over to he bed, crawling on it with him. "Yagami-kun, did you only suggest this so you could have a chance at sleeping with me?"

Across Raito's face came a look of fake surprise. "I would never!"

L imagined throwing Raito through the high hotel window. She could ALMOST see why Kira did it. Almost. Not quite.

"I'll recant - Do. Not. Touch. Me."

Raito put his hands up in front of him defensively. "Got it."

L clicked her tongue in annoyance. Perhaps she should have hid a knife under er pillow before she let Raito join him.